Chicago used car prices: July 2026
2,064 used cars were listed for sale in Chicago in July 2026, at a median asking price of $5,000.
Cars that sold in July 2026 took 18 days on average from first listing to sale, across 728 sales. Fastest to sell: GMC Terrain (8 days, 6 sales), Nissan Sentra (9 days, 10 sales) and Ford Escape (9 days, 5 sales).
Most listed: Chevrolet Equinox (179), Nissan Rogue (101) and Chevrolet Cruze (91). Winning a Chevrolet Equinox at Copart or IAAI? Its $3,950 local median asking price is the resale ceiling to work your max bid back from, before fees, transport and reconditioning.
Listed in July 2026
Listings
2,064
LocalIQ™ median asking price
Median asking price
$5,000
Days to sell
728 sales
18 days
Most-listed models in Chicago, July 2026
"Same-year change" compares only model years with at least 3 listings in both June 2026 and July 2026, so a month that happened to list newer cars doesn't read as a price rise. It is blank when fewer than 10 listings could be compared. The raw change is shown for reference and does not control for model year.
| Model | Listings | Median asking | Same-year change | Raw change | Days to sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Equinox | 179 | $3,950 | — | — | 19 (68) |
| Nissan Rogue | 101 | $5,000 | — | — | 35 (42) |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 91 | $3,750 | — | — | 20 (42) |
| Chevrolet Malibu | 88 | $4,500 | — | — | 17 (45) |
| Honda Civic | 64 | $6,500 | — | — | 17 (13) |
| Hyundai Elantra | 63 | $4,999 | — | — | 9 (19) |
| Nissan Altima | 60 | $5,300 | — | — | 20 (20) |
| Hyundai Sonata | 46 | $5,200 | — | — | 13 (20) |
| Chevrolet Impala | 41 | $5,500 | — | — | 14 (16) |
| Ford Edge | 41 | $6,500 | — | — | 9 (6) |
| Ford Fusion | 39 | $4,500 | — | — | 23 (14) |
| Honda Accord | 38 | $7,400 | — | — | 11 (8) |
| Chevrolet Traverse | 37 | $5,800 | — | — | 25 (16) |
| Nissan Sentra | 35 | $4,500 | — | — | 9 (10) |
| Nissan Versa | 33 | $4,700 | — | — | 22 (18) |
Buying at auction for the Chicago market?
These are asking prices of cars listed in Chicago, not sold prices: treat the median as a ceiling, then subtract buyer fees, tax, transport and reconditioning to get your max bid.
Method: listings first seen by CarFlipIQ in Chicago, IL during July 2026 (UTC), asking prices $1,000–$100,000, outliers removed. Days to sell = average time from first listing to sale for listings that sold in July 2026, shown only with at least 5 sales. Listing counts follow our collection coverage, so compare prices month to month, not volumes.
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